Building-tile



R. G. SIMONS.

BUILDING TILE.

APPLlCATlON FILED ocns, 1911.

1 ,387,809 Patented Aug. 16, 1921'. I

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lwvsnron REUBEN G. Smmvs UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BUILDING-TILE.

Application filed October 6, 1917. Serial No.

T all whom it may concern e it known that I, REUBEN G. SuIoNs, a citizenof the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of LosAngeles and State of 'alifornia, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Building-Tiles, of which the following is aspecification.

his invention relates to a buildinggtile.

manner to withstand longitudinal, lateral and diagonal strains, withoutmaterially adding to the cost of manufacture and without in any wayinterfering with the use of the tile.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

e invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanyingdrawings in which: I

Figure l is a view in trating the preferred form of the tile. disclosingit with diagonal brace walls and rutfied outer faces.

Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation illustrating another form of the tilein which intermediate tranverse partition walls are used in addition tothe diagonal walls.

eferring more particularly to the drawings, indicates the preferred formof the tile with which the present invention is concerned. This tile hasparallel side walls 11 and 12 and parallel end walls 13 and ll. whichcombine with the side walls to form a rectangular tile. Mid-way thelength between the end walls is a center brace wall 15 which is parallelto these walls and formed integral with the side walls at right anglesthereto. posite end walls and the middle brace wall are diagonal bracewalls 16 and 17. These walls are the length of the end walls andexadjacent corners formed by the middle wall and one side wall to theopposite lower corners formed by the end walls and the opposite sidewall. It will be un derstood that the entire structure is formed of aplastic material and that the outer faces of the side and end walls maybe treated to produce various effects. In the present instance, one sidewall and one end wall has been rufiled so that when the tiles are laidperspective illus- Specification of Letters Patent.

Interposed between the op Patented Aug. 16, 1921. 195,124.

they will have a finish of being plastered.

In the modified shown in Fig. 2, a having side walls 11 and 12, endwalls 13 and 14, and a middle wall 15, :s previously described. Diagonalbrace walls 16 and 17 are also provided. These walls, however, areseparately braced by transverse bracing walls 19 and 20 which areinterposed midway the distance between the middle wall and each of theend walls. By this construction the tile will be adequately braced towithstand any strain to which it is normally subjected, and its utilitywill be readily recognized.

lVhile I have shown the preferred construction of my building tile asnow known to me, it will be understood that various changes in thecombination, construction and arrangement 01? parts may be made by thoseskilled in the art without departing from the spirit 0]? my invention asclaimed.

claim:

form of the invention 1. A building tile having parallel side walls, endwalls parallel to each other and at right angles to said side walls. abrace wall parallel to the end walls and disposed mid-way the distancetherebetween. diagonal brace walls extending trom the corners formed bythe end and side walls to the corners formed by the middle brace walland one side wall. and intermediate brace walls interposed between theend walls and the middle brace wall and extending across the diagonalwalls with which they are formed integral.

2. A building tile including parallel side walls. parallel end walls. abrace wall paral lel to the end walls and disg'iosed midwaytherebetween. two diagonal walls exteinling respectively from thecorners Formal by one side wall and said end walls .to the cornerstermed by the other side wall and said brace wall, and intermediatebrace walls interposed between the end walls and the middle brace walland intersecting and formed integral with said diagonal walls.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

REUBEN o. sIMoNs.

tile 18 is illustrated as without the necessity

